I'm in a pedalboard quandry at the moment. I had the MPS powered PedalPad, which was great but too bulky / heavy for schlepping around the subway.

Right now I have a PedalTrain, which is great but it's just too small for me to handle all the pedals I use. Part of that reason is that the voodoo labs power supply isn't that small. So I either take the power supply off the pedalboard, or get another pedalboard with a built in power supply.

I looked at the SKB one, it seems a bit flimsy. The Furman SPB-8 with built in conditioned power supply looks very cool. And as it has some wall wart sockets, I could also conceivably power my amp off of it as well and not need a separate power conditioner.

Originally posted by Blisshead I don't own one, but the rumor mill says they are terrible. A reliability rating of "crap". This is just the general consensus I got locally, not my personal experience or any type of scientific poll.

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hmmmmm, doesn't sound so good. I did read there could be some noise issues if you're using both regular post-guitar effects and effect loop effects.

Any other suggestions for a powered pedalboard round that same size (12"*24")? Please don't suggest the SKB

I own the Furman and have gigged out with it. It is a good board. I like having the conditioning and it is made very well. My problem lies in the transporting. It comes with a heavy duty duffle like material bag to put it in. Your pedals are not protected from travel bumps. It comes with velcro for the pedals but with them unprotected the pedals come off or the glue lets go of your pedal and the velcro stays on the baord.

I do not use the patch bay since I run most of my effects in series.

I may buy a NYC board and mount the Furman on it but have not gotten around to it.

DRN,
thanks very much for the input! I got one, haven't set it up yet. I have a 30 day return period, so I really can't gig out with it in case I don't like it so I think I'll just be using it at home while I try it out. The bag thing is a bit of a concern to me as well, I'll probably have to make a judgement call on that one.